Civil Eats

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Consumption of crops or animals grown on PFAS-contaminated land puts humans at high risk of illness. While the Environmental Working Group has estimated that over 2 million acres of farmland across the United States have been spread with sludge, only Maine and Michigan have done significant testing for chemical contamination of farmland.

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Food Environment and Reporting Network

APRIL 25, 2024

Rumors swirled of a potential shortage; almond growers scrambled to ensure they had enough bees to pollinate their valuable crop, reaching out to beekeepers as far away as Florida, striking deals with mom-and-pop operations that kept no more than a few hundred bees. million acres of the Central Valley. Department of Agriculture.

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Agritecture Blog

MARCH 3, 2023

Editor’s Note: Sorghum is not a well-known crop in the states, but this drought-tolerant crop could be a farm-saving plant in regions like the American Great Plains. Like many of the neighboring farms in his northeast corner of Oklahoma, his corn crop practically shriveled up due to the lack of moisture. Credit: Peggy Greb.

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Modern Farmer

JULY 14, 2023

As Brian Paddock walks through his 12-and-a-half acres of almond trees, he’s taking in everything. For Paddock, maximizing “ crop per drop ”—getting the most yield with the least amount of water—is important. It’s also because he’s on a mission to prove that almonds are a viable crop, now and into the future.

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Agwired

MARCH 21, 2024

His company’s technology can utilize a range of sustainable woody residues, agricultural byproducts, and next-generation energy crops like miscanthus to produce SAF. World Energy has been in advanced biofuels for over 25 years and is now on the forefront of SAF. . “You are above ground oil wells,” said Obitts.

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Food Environment and Reporting Network

JULY 5, 2023

Rumors swirled of a potential shortage; almond growers scrambled to ensure they had enough bees to pollinate their valuable crop, reaching out to beekeepers as far away as Florida, striking deals with mom-and-pop operations that kept no more than a few hundred bees. million acres of the Central Valley. Department of Agriculture.

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Sustainable Food Trust

OCTOBER 15, 2024

’ It seemed unwise, however, at this early stage in the life of a new government, to say as much to this highly intelligent man, so instead, I told him the story of Richard Gantlett’s 1500-acre farm in Wiltshire, where Richard estimates he is sequestering 10 times more carbon than it emits. Would he consider a visit, I asked?

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DTN

JUNE 14, 2023

But now, people outside the industry are paying attention to how crops are grown, as an increasing number of food companies, grain buyers, and consumers seek ingredients grown using sustainable practices. Cover crops are a good example of this. Similarly, agricultural practices don’t have to be exclusively regenerative or sustainable.

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Food Environment and Reporting Network

DECEMBER 21, 2022

Rumors swirled of a potential shortage; almond growers scrambled to ensure they had enough bees to pollinate their valuable crop, reaching out to beekeepers as far away as Florida, striking deals with mom-and-pop operations that kept no more than a few hundred bees. million acres of the Central Valley. Department of Agriculture.

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Orchard Acre Pesticide Farming 52

Food Environment and Reporting Network

JANUARY 11, 2023

Rumors swirled of a potential shortage; almond growers scrambled to ensure they had enough bees to pollinate their valuable crop, reaching out to beekeepers as far away as Florida, striking deals with mom-and-pop operations that kept no more than a few hundred bees. million acres of the Central Valley. Department of Agriculture.

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Orchard Acre Pesticide Farming 52

Food Environment and Reporting Network

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Rumors swirled of a potential shortage; almond growers scrambled to ensure they had enough bees to pollinate their valuable crop, reaching out to beekeepers as far away as Florida, striking deals with mom-and-pop operations that kept no more than a few hundred bees. million acres of the Central Valley. Department of Agriculture.

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ATTRA

APRIL 30, 2024

The farm is a beautiful certified organic working farm situated on 90 acres in the south-central part of the state where they grow vegetables and raise beef, lamb, and layers. This biodigester project comes after years of biofuel research and experimentation by Steiman at the college.

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World Agri-Tech

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Commercially, we’ve been on many hundreds of thousands of acres, spread relatively evenly across cropping and grazing lands in the US. We’re also involved in measuring soil carbon, for the purpose of low carbon intensity fuels, biofuels that have stronger carbon intensity performance than petroleum-based fuels.

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Food Environment and Reporting Network

JUNE 1, 2023

In recent years, seaweed has been put forth as what one writer called a Swiss Army knife solution to climate change: able to absorb atmospheric carbon, reduce cattle’s methane emissions, provide feedstock for biofuels, and feed the world — no fertilizers, fresh water, or even land required. These concerns aren’t hypothetical. he asked. “Is

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Real Agriculture

AUGUST 13, 2024

With an average of over 20 million seeded acres in Canada, canola is one of Canada’s most widely grown crops. Used for cooking oil, processing foods, biofuel and protein for both animal feed and human consumption, it’s safe to say that it’s important to keep this vital crop protected from diseases such as clubroot, a.

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Modern Farmer

AUGUST 15, 2023

The crop he and co-founder Morgan-Lea Fogg gather each spring lies just below the surface: long lines of slick brown sugar kelp. A quick taste test proves it true: Their crop is ready to harvest. The World Bank said raising this versatile crop in just 5 percent of U.S. territorial waters would produce as much protein as 2.3

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Food Environment and Reporting Network

JULY 13, 2023

These entities will pass most of the money on to tens of thousands of farmers, ranchers, and forest owners, including growers who manage thousands of acres and underserved and disadvantaged farmers who often have much smaller operations. This spring, the Biden administration began allocating $3.1 But it should be.

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Agwired

MARCH 1, 2024

Elite Octane — a leader in the biofuel industry, producing 150 million gallons of bioethanol annually — joined the nation’s leading biofuel trade associations, the Renewable Fuels Association and Growth Energy. cotton acres. A Greenwood, Ind.,

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Agwired

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

The announcement was welcomed by the National Corn Growers Association (NCGA) , which has been fighting to break down barriers to the environmentally friendly biofuels. million cotton acres this spring, down 3.7 Registration is open for the IFAJ 2024 Congress in Interlaken, Switzerland. cotton producers intend to plant 9.8

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NASDA

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

These products are essential tools for users to protect not only Americas food, fiber, and biofuel; but also, to protect public health from vector-borne disease, safeguard our infrastructure from the damage caused by pests, and mitigate the increasing threat to the environment from invasive species. This includes millions acres of U.S.

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Food Environment and Reporting Network

DECEMBER 31, 2024

To make way for those industrial fields of palm trees, some 30,000 acres of rainforest were cut down, a swath of destruction that one Indigenous leader called an act of “eco-genocide.” He marveled at the efficiency of the African oil palm, which can produce five times as much edible oil per acre as corn or soy.

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